Barbaric ex-soldier who tortured and killed estate agent jailed for 34 years

Jeremy Green has been jailed for a minimum of 34 years over the killing of estate agent Nicole Waterhouse (Picture: North Yorkshire Police/PA)

A former Army officer who killed an estate agent after torturing her for nine hours will serve at least 34 years in jail.

Jeremy Green repeatedly stabbed Nicola Waterhouse, cut her throat and tried to smother her. He had also attempted to murder her flatmate, Karen Browne, in their York home in October last year.

Sentencing Green at Leeds crown court, Judge Peter Collier said: ‘Your final savagery to each of them is almost beyond belief. It is impossible to imagine the terror they experienced over those long hours.’

There were emotional scenes in court as Miss Waterhouse’s family faced Green one-by-one across the court to read out their victim impact statements.